Folder 1: Tender for the Restoration and Waterproofing of the Mappin Terraces - Conditions of Contract, Specifications and Bill of Quantities. Includes 4 drawings: 4105/1 - Goat Enclosures 'A' and 'B', Plans and Elevations; 4105/2 - Bear Enclosures '2'

Letter thanking Geoffrey Marr Vevers for the two Syrian Bears, two Wallabies and one Lioness which were sent to the Society of Friends of the Jerusalem Zoological Garden, and the Hyena and Conies which were sent to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the Royal Society of Ireland and George Soper Cansdale regarding an exchange of Brown Pelicans and Canadian Black Bear cubs for Giraffes or a Camel

Correspondence between the Canadian National Express and George Soper Cansdale regarding the movement of two live bear cubs by Air from a Mr A Zutterman to the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between W Hopkinson and George Soper Cansdale regarding an enquiry from the Zoological Gardens Board of Western Australia in connection with the offer they had received from Poly-Zoo Ltd of Antwerp, for the supply of a pair of Polar Bears

Correspondence between Gerald Hyde and George Soper Cansdale regarding requests to purchase Syrian Brown Bears, Leopards and Cheetahs from the Zoological Society of London

Letter regarding an offer to supply the Zoological Society of London with Racoons and a Black Bear, and a request for America White Pelicans

Correspondence between F G Rollason and George Soper Cansdale regarding a Himalayan Bear called Vicky which was presented to the Zoological Society of London in the Spring of 1946 by the 89 Squadron RAF which had been stationed in Singapore

Correspondence between Josef Schauer and George Soper Cansdale regarding the purchase of three male bear cubs from the Zoological Society of London

Correspondence between the Sultan of Johore and George Soper Cansdale regarding a donation of a male Malay Bear to the Zoological Society of London